Hot on the heels of the
Canberra, next to emerge from the
pile of dust and plastic is this rather fetching Sea Vixen. It's respectable appearance is no doubt helped by the fact that I neither built nor painted the thing...
Such is it's completeness that it retains a full set of wheels! I think this is probably the FROG kit.
If it looks pretty sleek and modern this is understandable - it was only replaced in 1972 by the F-4 Phantom.
Tim,
ReplyDeleteThe Sea Vixen had an interesting career. Its design drew on de Havilland's experience with the Vampire and Venom, and was originally a competitor with the Gloster Javelin to be an all-weather fighter for the RAF. The RAF chose the Javelin, but the FAA chose the Sea Vixen.
What you could really do with is a Supermarine Scimitar to fly alongside it ... but I have no idea if anyone ever made a kit of it.
All the best,
Bob
Looks like a nice kit of a terribly outdated aircraft.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
What a beauty-both the model and the real thing!
ReplyDeleteYou'll probably be unsurprised to hear that Frog produced a Scimitar kit in 1/72. A more modern kit is available by Xtrakit. I've no idea how much it costs though.
ReplyDeleteBob Cordery
ReplyDeleteI certainly don’t have a Scimitar but I used to work with a bloke who’d done his back in ejecting from one!
Pete
ReplyDeleteOutdated? Cheeky young whippersnapper!
Anthony Morton
ReplyDeleteQuite right sir!
Red Cardinal
ReplyDeleteI’ll look out for it!
I remember this one
ReplyDeleteNice plane
Geordie
ReplyDeleteIt’s a surprisingly big ‘plane. But then my only other Sea Vixens are 1/1200 scale!